MR. MICHAEL EDDY, COUNCILMAN MR. DANIEL SMITH, COUNCILMAN MRS. GAIL SEAMAN, COUNCILWOMAN

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1 MINUTES OF THE FISCAL AND REGULAR MEETING OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF THURMAN HELD APRIL 14, 2015 AT THE TOWN HALL, 311 ATHOL ROAD, ATHOL NEW YORK, COMMENCING AT 6:30 P.M PRESENT: MRS. EVELYN WOOD, SUPERVISOR MR. MICHAEL EDDY, COUNCILMAN MR. DANIEL SMITH, COUNCILMAN MRS. GAIL SEAMAN, COUNCILWOMAN ABSENT: MR. LEON GALUSHA, COUNCILMAN Also at tonight s meeting: Highway Superintendant Patrick Wood Recording secretary: Cynthia R. Hyde, Town Clerk FISCAL MEETING: The Town Board reviewed all claims. BOARD MEETING: The regular town board meeting was called to order by Evelyn Wood, Supervisor. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG ROLL CALL OPENING OF BIDS: A bid from Stored Technology Solutions Inc. for IT services was opened. A decision was put off until next month. NEW BUSINESS: Subdivisions: RESOLUTION #38: On a motion by Councilwoman Seaman, seconded by Councilman Eddy, the town board set a public hearing regarding the Richard Burke subdivision for May 12, 2015 and authorized the Supervisor to sign the local government notice form. 1

2 RESOLUTION #39: On a motion by Councilwoman Seaman, seconded by Councilman Smith, the town board set a public hearing regarding the Cindy Seebeck subdivision for May 12, 2015 and authorized the Supervisor to sign the local government notice form. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: On a motion by Councilman Eddy, seconded by Councilman Smith, the minutes of the March 10, 2015 were approved. MOTION CARRIED: 3 AYES ~ WOOD, EDDY, SMITH CORRESPONDANCE: 1 NAY ~ SEAMAN A letter was read from Andrew Templeton. Attached REPORTS: The supervisor filed the March 31, 2015 treasurers report, operating statement and balance sheets with the town clerk and the following officials gave their verbal reports: Councilman Smith, Councilwoman Seaman and Supervisor Wood. RESOLUTION #40: A resolution to approve the purchase of a ¼ page ad in the POW, MIA event booklet at around $ On a motion by Councilwoman Seaman, seconded by Councilman Smith, Resolution # 40 was approved. 2

3 RESOLUTION #41: A resolution to approve the Double H Camp Ride Challenge and allow the supervisor to fill out the necessary forms. On a motion by Councilwoman Seaman, seconded by Councilman Smith, Resolution # 41 was approved. RESOLUTION #42: A resolution to approve using Home Town to take care of the septic problems, the quoted price being $ On a motion by Councilwoman Seaman, seconded by Councilman Eddy, Resolution #42 was approved. OLD BUSINESS: Minutes: Supervisor Wood said that we have a number of minutes still out there. Wood added that they had given the clerk some of their concerns (about the minutes) and asked if she had a chance to look at them. The clerk said she had still not received anything from Councilwoman Seaman. Councilwoman Seaman said that s because they (the list of concerns) were sitting at home. It was decided to wait until next month to give Seaman more time to get her concerns to the clerk to look over. Discussion: Councilman Smith suggested reviewing the way subdivisions are handled as the present procedure is redundant and unnecessary for subdivisions not under the 3 acre minimum (Local Law #2 2006). Supervisor Wood suggested that the board review the local law. Supervisor Wood said that she would print up some copies of the local law tomorrow and get them out for everybody (the board). NEW BUSINESS: Petition: A discussion ensued regarding a petition that was submitted in response to Resolution # a resolution subject to permissive referendum. 3

4 PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR: The following people spoke during privilege of the floor- Joe Davies, Pat Wood, Marilyn Youngblood, Rex Reynolds, Mary Eddy and Richard Bardi Cemetery Regulations: This will be discussed at next month s meeting. RESOLUTION #43: Resolution to Approve Training BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board approves the following training: Jamie Ross Tax Collector Training June 7-10, 2015 Evelyn Wood APA Local Government Day April 15-16, 2015 On a motion by Councilman Smith, seconded by Councilwoman Seaman, Resolution # 43 was approved. RESOLUTION #44: Resolution to Request Bids WHEREAS the town of Thurman has previously accepted recommendations by the town s Engineer regarding homes whose water supply has been affected by salt, and WHEREAS the town wishes to continue to move forward with the remediation, and WHEREAS the town s Engineer has drafted Bid Documents for the solicitation of bids for whole home reverse osmosis systems, be it RESOLVED that the Town Board hereby requests bids for reverse osmosis systems as specified in the bid documents supplied by the Town Engineer, and be it FURTHER RESOLVED that the bids shall be submitted sealed and clearly marked as specified in the bid documents to the Town Clerk of the Town of Thurman to 4

5 be opened on May 12, 2014 at 7pm. The town reserves the right to reject any and all bids. The clerk is hereby directed to advertize this request for bids and to place a pdf copy of the bid materials on the home page of the town s website with the link to the documents clearly stating Reverse Osmosis Request for Bid Documents. On a motion by Councilwoman Seaman, seconded by Councilman Smith, Resolution # 44 was approved. RESOLUTION #45: Resolution to Authorize Contract WHEREAS the town currently receives reimbursement for its youth programs from the State of New York through Warren County, and WHEREAS the County has notified the Town that the State now requires a reimbursement agreement between the County and the Town in order to disburse the funds to the Town, be it RESOLVED that the Town Board authorizes a reimbursement agreement with Warren County for reimbursement of youth programs and authorizes the Supervisor to sign any necessary documents. On a motion by Councilman Smith, seconded by Councilwoman Seaman, Resolution # 45 was approved. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS: On a motion by Councilwoman Seaman, seconded by Councilman Smith, the town board approved vouchers # s thru for a highway, general, capital and enterprise fund grand total of $58,

6 ADJOURNMENT: On a motion by Councilwoman Seaman, seconded by Councilman Smith, the meeting was adjourned at 9:28pm. Respectfully Submitted: Cynthia R. Hyde Town clerk 04/28/2015 Attached: Letter by Andrew Templeton Note Resolutions in Italics are written by the supervisor s office 6

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